Ronaldo in tears after Saudi King's Cup final defeat

After his Al Nassr team lost to Al Hilal on penalties in the King's Cup final on Friday, Cristiano Ronaldo was overcome with emotion and could not hold back tears. This defeat only added to his ongoing dry spell in winning trophies in Saudi Arabia.

Cristiano Ronaldo was in floods of tears after his Al Nassr side lost the King's Cup final to Al Hilal on penalties late on Friday, extending his Saudi Arabian trophy drought.

The Portuguese superstar, whose arrival last year unleashed a flood of top players to the oil-funded Saudi Pro League, slumped to the ground as Al Hilal celebrated.

Ronaldo, 39, then slowly walked off the pitch and sat in the dug-out with tears streaming down his face.

In a tempestuous match that saw three red cards, including one for Al Nassr's ex-Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina, Ayman Yahya scored in the 88th minute to cancel out Al Hilal's early strike through Aleksandar Mitrovic.

But Al Hilal triumphed 5-4 in the shoot-out to complete the Saudi treble after also winning the Super Cup and the Saudi Pro League, finishing unbeaten in domestic action.

This season Al Hilal, with star signing Neymar injured since October, put together a record, 34-match winning streak in all competitions.

Al Nassr, who were second in the league behind Al Hilal, and lost to the same team in the Super Cup, miss out once again despite the prolific Ronaldo, who scored a Pro League-record 35 goals.

His sole silverware so far with the Riyadh club is last year's Arab Club Champions Cup.

Ronaldo's contract, said to net him 400 million euros over two-and-a-half years, runs out at the end of next season.



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